When the road delivers you both the problem and the solution. I got an intro to Michelle Lamphere from my story with Zee, who suggested she might have stories to tell. I figured we would talk about her years of international riding, her books, her work with women riders. Michelle is the International Vice-President of WIMA & National President of WIMA USA. Instead, I got hit with a story that starts on the Trans-Labrador Highway with a broken leg, a satellite phone drifting a

My interview with Stoyan was supposed to be a simple debrief about his broken leg in Mexico. Instead, it turned into a reminder of the realities riders face in the places we dream about. And the messenger? - A man who lives in Alaska, someone I assumed would be more prepared than me, yet still found himself caught off guard. Maybe that’s why it hit so hard. Whether you’ve been riding 30 years or 30 days, the road has a way of levelling everyone. Stoyan runs Ride65North, sel

Some riders dream of freedom. Others just go find it. Zee (Zee Traveler) didn’t just talk about hitting the open road; she strapped her life onto a motorcycle and rode away from everything familiar, learning the kind of lessons that can’t be taught. Her book, Motorcycle Vagabond Epiphanies, isn’t a travelogue. It’s a field manual for anyone who’s ever stared down the horizon and asked: What if I just kept going? It’s not polished. It’s not safe in the “comfortable” sense. But

If you’ve been anywhere near the Long Distance Motorcycle Riding community on Facebook, you’ve probably seen the name. Maybe you met him at a fuel stop somewhere between Kansas and Montana, or maybe you spotted his 411,000-mile Road Glide. Either way, it’s hard to miss a man who’s ridden 49 states, three years running, with over 600,000 lifetime miles, all in memory of the 343 firefighters who gave their lives on 9/11. But now, the final state is calling, and this time, he ca